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Madalyn Jimiera

Madalyn Jimiera, Staff Writer

Madalyn Jimiera (she/they) is a freshman journalism major from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. In addition to being a staff writer for the Beacon, Madalyn works as an Ambassador at the Museum of Fine Arts. She loves listening to music, getting boba, playing with her two greyhounds, and spending time with friends.

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Marlboro Institute faculty discuss concerns regarding Trump administration at post-inauguration panel

By Madalyn Jimiera, Staff Writer / February 12, 2025

In collaboration with EmersonTogether, four Marlboro Institute faculty members hosted a post-inauguration panel on Feb. 4 to discuss the implications of...

Signage for the 2025 Teach-In on Race outside of the Bordy Theatre in the Union Bank Building on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Annual Teach-in on Race explores future of DEI, liberation struggles, art as resistance

By Sage Jezierski, Madalyn Jimiera, Merritt Hughes, Meg Richards, Adri Pray, Yogev Toby and Izzy Bryars / February 9, 2025

The Teach-in on Race is an annual series of guest speaker panels and interactive audience discussions hosted by Emerson that aims to provide a space where...

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Cooking up community: Emerson celebrates the Lunar New Year in the Dining Center

By Madalyn Jimiera and Adam Nuñez / February 4, 2025

Chatter and laughter filled the Dining Hall on Jan. 29 as aromas of vegetable dumplings, Taiwanese noodle soup, char siu pork ribs, and more echoed celebrations...

Cars passing in front of a Boston Architectural College building in the Back Bay neighborhood in Boston on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (Nick Peace/ Beacon Staff)

‘A happy dorm is a peaceful dorm’: BAC students share reflections and hopes about living at Emerson

By Madalyn Jimiera, Staff Writer / January 29, 2025

As below-freezing temperatures blow through Boston this January, the tensions described by the Boston Architectural College (BAC) students living in Emerson...

Hundreds rallied on the Boston Commons during the rebranded People's March on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (Abigail Hoyt/ For the Beacon)

Rebranded People’s March attracted hundreds of Massachusetts residents ahead of inauguration

By Madalyn Jimiera, Rina Laby, Marley Noiwan and Sage Jezierski / January 21, 2025

While over a thousand demonstrators raised their signs, flags, and voices into the chilled air cloaking the Boston Common Saturday afternoon, some demonstrators...

A cloud of smoke from the Palisades fire billows over a hill near the neighborhood of Encino on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff)

As the LA wildfires encroach on Southern California, ELA proceeds as planned

By Iselin Bratz, Madalyn Jimiera and Jordan Pagkalinawan / January 12, 2025

As wildfires continue to rage in Southern California this week, students, faculty, and staff expecting to start the spring semester at Emerson Los Angeles...

Visitors watching skaters at the Frog Pond in the Boston Commons on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)

Boston Common Frog Pond ice rink welcomes skaters for the season

By Madalyn Jimiera, Staff Writer / December 11, 2024

The Boston Common Frog Pond ice rink opened its gates for the winter on Nov. 30, inviting locals and tourists alike to take to the ice and unite under...

A MBTA worker inspects a redline subway car in the Park Street Station on March 21, 2023. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

Red Line riders left frustrated and lost after final shutdowns to improve tracks

By Madalyn Jimiera, Staff Writer / December 4, 2024

The MBTA’s Red Line is now free of slow zones for the first time in at least 20 years after the final shutdown of areas from Nov. 17 through Nov. 23,...

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Emerson College hosts 9th annual Fresh Check Day mental health fair

By Madalyn Jimiera, Staff Writer / October 23, 2024
Emerson students indulged in games, prizes, and education on mental health resources at the college’s ninth annual Fresh Check Day mental health fair in The Loft. 
The Little Building at the corner of Boylston and Tremont streets. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff, File)

BAC students share their experience living in Little Building nearly halfway through the fall semester

By Madalyn Jimiera, Staff Writer / October 16, 2024
A once-empty floor of Emerson College’s Little Building is now home to Boston Architectural College (BAC) students who said they “became a family” after a month of living as a small pocket within the larger community.